Re: Im VERY disappointed in Schiefflen and several other players

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Jan 14, 2024, 10:30 AM

This is what disappoints me...
People not really understanding the focus and reasoning behind another's actions and assuming or projecting their own beliefs onto that person or community.

That is the antithesis of America and the true culture of democracy.

The thin layer of understanding or compassion coupled with the shallow depth of effort to evaluate, educate and comprehend the nuances and complexities that comprise another human's perspectives, experiences and beliefs ensure biased assumptions, hypocritical judgment, and blind ignorance.

This country was founded on the opposite belief of requiring fealty to a leader or thing.

And educate yourself about the national anthem. It only became such in early 1931. So we did not have one for 150 years or so.

"The anthem was never loved for itself, because it’s not a very good song. When Congress designated it as our national anthem in 1931, at the urging of veterans’ groups who thought we should have one and southerners who were promoting Confederate ideology, there were other contenders including "America the Beautiful," "America" (the God Save the King/Queen sound-alike) and "Yankee Doodle." There were battles in the press, during which the patriotism of opponents of the song was questioned, that are being echoed in today’s media.

Francis Scott Key, who wrote the lyrics during the War of 1812, was a slaveowner who defended slaveowners as a lawyer and prosecuted abolitionists as a U.S. attorney. (Key also represented some slaves and freed a few of his own, but thought African-Americans should “return” to Africa — even those who were born here.) We don’t often hear the third stanza, which disparages former slaves who fought for the British: “No refuge could save the hireling and slave / From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave.”

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There is a very interesting story behind "America the Beautiful".

Irving Berlin, who was of course Jewish, was a prolific song writer. At the height of his career, he wrote a song a day. Yet he could not read or write music. He would hum the tune to his music writer who would translate that to notes.

One of the songs he wrote during that time was "America the Beautiful". He had his own publishing company in New York and often would "test" his songs in the New York market before a wider release. The negative backlash he received over "America the Beautiful" was overwhelming. Why? The Christian conservatives in New York did not believe a Jewish man could love America.

So he held it back for several years until finally Kate Smith recorded it and it was an instant hit across the country. In retaliation to the Christian conservatives in New York, Berlin donated all royalties from "God Bless America" FOREVER to the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and to date, they have received about $25 million.

He never thought much of the song or at least he didn't think it was anything special and he always said it was not a national anthem. That wasn't why he wrote it. It is explicitly written in his final documents that permission never be granted to make it the national anthem.

Im VERY disappointed in Schiefflen and several other players